A white label clothing supplier that makes the garment
Most white label programmes sell you a catalogue piece with your label sewn in. We build the garment itself to your spec, in our own plant in Cali, and put your label on something only you sell.
A white label clothing supplier manufactures garments that you sell under your own brand. There are two kinds. One holds stock and prints your logo on it. The other builds the product to your specification and labels it as yours. GAT is the second kind: we develop, cut, sew and finish in Colombia, we label under your brand, and nothing has to start above 36 units of one style in one colour.
What you get from a supplier that manufactures
Buying a finished piece from a catalogue is fast, and for a first test it can be the right call. What it costs you shows up later: the fit belongs to whoever designed it, the fabric is whatever the supplier stocked, and the same garment ships to everyone else who ordered it that month.
When the supplier is the plant, those three things become decisions you make. You choose the fabric weight, you approve the fit on a physical sample, and the label inside the collar sits on a product built for your brand. That is what we sell, and it is why our name never appears on the garment.
How a white label order runs with us
- You send a reference. A photo, a sketch, a garment you already sell, or a tech pack if you have one. Put it into our quoting tool and a number comes back the same session.
- We develop and sample. Fabric and trims sourced, patterns cut, a physical sample sewn and corrected. This stage takes 2 to 8 weeks, and where it lands inside that window depends on the number of correction rounds.
- You approve. Nothing enters the line until the sample in your hands is the one you want. That approved piece becomes the standard the whole run is measured against.
- We produce and label. Production runs 30 to 45 business days. Woven labels, hangtags, care labels and polybags carry your brand, not ours.
- We ship. The default term is EXW at the plant; DDP is available when the project is set up that way.
Volumes, and the number that actually matters
Orders open at 36 units of one style in one colour, and the plant runs 25,000 to 30,000 garments a month, so a programme that grows does not have to change supplier.
The number worth planning against is not the floor, it is the reorder. A style that sells through cannot be back on the shelf for roughly two months, because the second run takes the same 30 to 45 business days as the first. Brands opening between 100 and 300 units per style keep stock while the demand they just proved is still there. Decide the restock before the first order ships.
If you need bulk of the same reference on a recurring calendar, that is wholesale clothing manufacturing. If you want the full chain (design, sourcing, production and export) handled as one project, that is full package.
Where we sit versus the other options
| Blanks catalogue | Overseas white label at volume | GAT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The garment | Already exists, shared with other buyers | Built to spec, usually at high minimums | Built to your spec from 36 pieces |
| Sample round trip | None, you buy what is in stock | Weeks each way | Days, and the sample room is in the same building as the line |
| Time zone | Varies | 10 to 13 hours from the US | Same business day as your US team |
| Reorder | Immediate while stock lasts | A season | 30 to 45 business days |
| Whose label | Yours, on their product | Yours | Yours, on a product only you sell |
We have manufactured under other people's labels for more than 20 years, with 130+ people on the floor. Among the brands we have produced for: Studio F, Monastery, Pink Rose, Ela and TERS Apparel. For US-based clients such as Daniel González and Uncommon Runner, we buy the fabric, build the samples in Cali, send them over for approval, and the finished production leaves DDP at the door when the project calls for it.
Frequently asked questions
Is white label the same as private label?+
In everyday use the two words get swapped. The useful distinction is who designed the garment. White label usually means a product that already exists and gets your brand applied. Private label often means a product developed for you. We work the second way. The longer version is in private label versus white label clothing, and our position on blanks is on the private label alternative page.
Do you carry stock I can order today?+
No. We hold no catalogue and no blanks. Everything leaves the plant made to order, which is the reason your garment is not also somebody else's.
What is the minimum order?+
36 units of one style in one colour. Cost per garment settles between 100 and 300, and repeating the same reference takes the full production window over again, so plan the second run at the same time as the first.
Will your name appear anywhere on the product?+
No. Labels, hangtags, care instructions and packaging carry your brand. We manufacture, you sell.
Can you match a garment I am already buying elsewhere?+
We can develop from a physical reference you own and build a sample so you can compare it in your hands before producing. What we will not do is reproduce a design protected by someone else's intellectual property.
Do you export to the United States?+
Yes, most of what we make crosses the border. A visit from either coast is a short flight, not a trip. Quotes come out EXW at the plant, with DDP available when the project is set up that way. Payment for US brands runs through GAT International LLC in Florida, in USD by local transfer or Zelle. It is not a US factory: every garment is made in Colombia.
Send us the reference and the quantity
You get an estimate to start, not a catalogue to pick from.
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